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Blizzard’s Chinese GM quits after large data breach
From: Jake Kouns <jkouns () opensecurityfoundation org>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:44:11 -0500
http://www.geek.com/articles/games/blizzards-chinese-gm-quits-after-large-data-breach-2010126/ All is not well at the offices of Blizzard China. Last week a large data breach occurred which saw financial data, media packages, commercial budgets, global subscriber details, and worst of all–the road map for future game releases all taken. Here’s the road map that is now widely available: As well as giving competitors a clear timetable to which to compete against, it also reveals a new game called Titan. The fallout from this data breach is Blizzard’s General Manager for China, one Ye Weilun, has either left or been kicked out, but the reports suggest a resignation. We don’t know the details of how the leak occurred, but his departure could either be directly linked to the breach, or because it was allowed to happen in the first place. For the moment, Blizzard has set in motion an internal investigation with Global COO Paul Sams arriving in Shanghai this week. Read more at BGR, via MMOGameSite.com Matthew’s Opinion For gamers, this isn’t bad news at all. We get to see when Blizzard plans to release new games and updates, plus we also see a brand new game on the horizon called Titan. For Blizzard, it’s a big problem. The game launch windows are an issue as it gives competitors an advantage. But when it’s combined with the media package information it could cause some upset in the advertising and marketing world. If Blizzard is advertising X on date Y, then competitors can counter that at the appropriate time. One thing that is a little concerning is the subscriber data that was included in the leak. Hopefully this was just usage statistics and not credit card and login details. If it was then I think Blizzard would have already done something to protect its millions of customers by e-mailing with forced login changes etc. With Paul Sams visiting China this week we could see a more public acknowledgement from Blizzard as to what has happened and how things are changing at the Chinese offices. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list Learn encryption strategies that manage risk and shore up compliance. Download Article 1 of CREDANT Technologies' The Essentials Series: Endpoint Data Encryption That Actually Works http://credant.com/campaigns/realtime2/gap-LP1/
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